Happy Friday-before-February vacation! We know that the snow days helped to create a little “vacation before vacation” scenario, and yet, everyone is certainly still looking forward to the regularly-scheduled break! This short week was an exciting one, with kids returning to school after a five-day weekend for the Valentine’s Day/100th Day of School combination on Tuesday. The time just flew by! Thank you so much for everything you do to support your children in their growth and learning outside of school, as it allows everyone IN school to help students be successful. Have a wonderful week off, and we will look forward to welcoming everyone back once vacation wraps up!

Yours truly,

Diana & Tiffany

News You Need to Know

News From Ms. Guzzi

We wanted to let all families know that Diana will be out on a short medical leave after the February break. Tiffany Back, the Assistant Principal, will be available for anything that comes up while Diana is out. And, of course, all of our Bowen staff members will keep on doing the wonderful things they do to keep Bowen humming along!

Translations of ELL & Classroom Progress Reports

If you would like a translated copy of either an ELL or Classroom Progress report, ESL teachers have been given the translations for both. These documents are available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. The district will also have all documents up on the “Communicating With Families Who Need Language Assistance” webpage soon.

Performance Opportunity - Singing at the Providence Bruins!

The Providence Bruins have invited the Bowen choruses to perform at their game on Saturday, March 18th vs. the Springfield Thunderbirds. This performance opportunity is open to all Bowen 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. Here is some information about the performance:

* Your group will sing God Bless America during an intermission at a Providence Bruins game!

* All members of your group will receive discounted tickets - Up to 50% off!

* All kids in your group will receive a FREE P-Bruins hat!

* All kids in your group will receive a FREE popcorn and drink!

* Your group and school are introduced to the crowd and the performance is shown live on the center-ice video scoreboard!

Please see the attached flyer Informational Flyer and send in the completed order form along with payment if your child is interested in participating. The deadline to sign up has been extended until March 3rd. No student will be denied this experience due to financial challenges, so please see Ms. Guzzi or Ms. Back with any concerns.

In order to commit to performing at this game, you will need to report to the main lobby of the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence by 5:45 pm.

Thanks,

Mr. MacFadden

A Message from the Bowen Library

Hello families,

Bound to Stay Bound has a great program, Support our School Library, where you can purchase books for the Bowen library or make a general donation. This program is more important than ever because of budget cuts to the library this year.

Contributions can be made in two ways:

1. Select specific titles from the school wish list. Donor nameplates can be customized and inserted in each book selected. 2. Contribute a specific dollar amount and Bound to Stay Bound will select titles from the wish list to fulfill the amount.

To purchase a book or make a general donation click on the “make a donation” button on the top right part of the page.

Please join us in welcoming Ms. Fran Early to our 5th grade team! Ms. Early will be filling in for Mrs. Wong during her upcoming maternity leave.

Next Week at Bowen School...

Mark Your Calendar!

Monday

Tuesday

12:30 p.m. dismissal

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Reminders - Upcoming Events

Spring Conference Window: 3/6 - 3/17

Thursday, 3/9 - Early Release Day (12:30 p.m. dismissal)

Wednesday, 3/15 - Bowen Book Fair

Bowen BAM (Books, Art, Music) Night

Friday, 3/24 - Bowen International Potluck Dinner

Friday, 3/31 - Bowen School Council meeting (7:30 a.m.)

Sunday, 4/2 - Bowen Science Day

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